Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-01-07
A. BUREAU FOR pURFS.
HOW PEOPLE ARE SUPPLIED WITH
NEWS ABOUT THEMSELVES.

| Authors, Actors and statesmen Paying
| Men TO Resd for Them-Gould. Field
and vandsrbilt-Laws and Statistics
some Curious Orders.
Every editor knows the man whose at
tention has Just been called TO an article
in the paper. He is very numerous
Doubtless editors have long wondered II
there were not some people In the world
who devoted their time TO calling the at
tention of other people to newspaper
articles. Perhaps this first suggested to
New York journalist the idea Of estab-
fishing bureau for the accommodation
Of persons who desire to have their atten-
tion called TO what the newspapers say
about them. At all events he did start
such concern and 1t is now running In
fill blast. He employed men to read the
papers, for folks who don't have very
high opinion OF the press never look at
! the papers and don't care what the papers
I say about them, and these men keep
a lot of boys on the jump all day pasting
and mailing the clippings, The list Of
subscribers is long and includes people
in every profession and line OF business.
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and monthly publications Of this country
and the principal papers OF foreign
countries, and the readers 60 through
about 1000 every day.
ACTORS AND AUTHORS.
Actors, OF course, are patrons Of the
\ bureau, and although they are notoriously
vain their vanity has q business side.
Newspaper fame Is a part of their stock
/ in trade, and notices have an actual value
TO them. The more an actor is talked
about the better his chances Of getting
engagements. And then an actor wants
/ to know what the critics say of his work
/ in order To be able to correct his faults.
II he brings outa new play il is important
that he should know how it is received.
Artists, who are peculiarly sensitive to
! criticism want all the notice Of their pic
1 lures and information about sales, exhibit
/ tions, galleries and new collections.
! Authors are liberal patrons Of the bureau.
/ Some Of them want personal notices and
| criticisms, but most of them want articles
on topics useful TO them in compiling new
books.
A great many congressman discover
! through the bureau how their votes,
speeches and bills have affected public
opinion in their districts. Foreign minis
tiers get important information about the
countries to which they are accredited,
trade relations, etc. During the Cutting
imbroglio, Senior Don Romero, Mexican
minister, was supplied With ] $50 articles
on the affair. and SO obtained u complete
epitome Of American. English and French
newspaper opinions which were very valu-
able to him. The civil service commits
sion is good customer and gets much in
teresting reading matter, not always of q
gratifying nature.
Jay Gould is profoundly indifferent to
newspaper talk and hasn't the slightest
desire to see what is said about him. But
his partner, Washington +. Connor, is 9
subscriber, and IL the little king OF Wal
street does not know everything that II
said by the press and public speakers
about him and his doings il is because he
can't read. Cyrus W. Field has his atten.
ton called to articles that interest him
and doubtless has accumulated mass of
! valuable information about movements,
revolutionary history, dynamite and
patriotism. When William ii. Wander.
bilt died the bureau furnished to the
family 5000 obituaries and editorials on
the millionaire, and, strange to say, there
! were 10 rough or i'll natured ones in the
lot, which must have been a pleasant sur.
prise TO the family.
LAWS AND STATISTICS.
City, state and national departments
are supplied with decisions, new laws,
statistics, comments. etc, and legal re-
/ ports and other matters relating TO prac'
tice are furnished to long list OF law.
/ yers. Railway corporations are supposed
to be imperviQus to public opinion, but
all the principal lines are down on the
books for newspaper attacks" legisla.
tion and everything affecting the railroad
business. With most Of the subscribers
I il is pure business. Manufacturers, con.
tractors and builders want to know where
work in their line is contemplated and
what Improvements are made In methods
of doing work. A wine dealer wants tC
know in advance about big gatherings
like Odd Fellows conventions, public
banquets, swell receptions and weddings
30 that he may get in ahead Of other deal
ers and supply the champagne. IL the
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his army some manufacturer of rifles
wants TO hear about IL in time To send an
agent over there with samples Of guns.
After the Charleston earthquake Mai
Powell, Of the United States geological
survey, wrote 10 the bureau. Clip al
criticisms, theories and opinions OF value
touching the recent earthquake. Tive
other subscribers, one famous astrono
mer, telegraphed to the bureau TO add
earthquake theories" 10 their previous
orders, and queer collection OF crankism.
he must have got. One subscriber wanted
all death notices promptly, and located
himself near the bureau TO get them al
soon as printed In city papers As soor
as he got death notice he would rusl
around and try TO sell new kind o.
mourning card TO the bereaved relatives
An enterprising undertaken also sub
scribes for death notices.
SOME CURIOUS ORDERS.
The bureau gets some very curious
orders, OF which the following are ex
amples: Curious surgical operations, ,
"The intelligence OF dogs" "fashior
articles describing new dresses Ou th,
stage or al balls, or describing the Style
Of new buttons introduced, F" "IIank rob
berries" "Forgeries, "Socialistic fomen
tations which may lead 20 riots "Al
libel SUITS" Appearance Of cholera ant
contagious diseases" utah Legislation
and Mormonism," Large forest fires, >
"Wo mans suffrage" "loye, cOurtshiI
and marriage" Engagements Of promi
nent 'ociety people" Liquor traffic OF
the Congo and Niger or any part o.
Africa, 'Impure water supply OF citel
and towns Railway development II